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Shannon vs The Stranger

About Me



The Sound Conspiracy Upcoming Shows

Apr 24 2009 / Quennect 4-- CHICAGO

Apr 25 2009 / Legacy Bar-- Bradley, Illinois

Apr 29 2009 / Morseland-- Chicago

May 6 2009 / The Frequency-- Madison, Wisconsin

May 9 2009 / Fizz Lounge -- Chicago, Illinois

May 13 2009 / Darkroom-- Chicago, Illinois

Jun 12 2009 / Dinkytowner-- Minneapolis, Minnesota

Jun 13 2009 / Humboldt Park Arts Festival -- Chicago, Illinois

Jun 19 2009 / Peace Festival on the Lake-- Chicago

Elvis is rolling in his grave...to hide the boner we gave him

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/30/2005
Band Website: acoustic-chicago.com
Band Members:
shannon and the stranger

Influences:
Detroit.

Art Tatum
Duke Ellington
Charles Mingus
Eric Dolphy
Ornette Coleman

Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Peetie Wheatstraw
Charlie Patton
Mahalia Jackson
Big Mama Thornton

Kool Herc
Afrika Bambaataa
KRS One
The De La
Rakim
Slick Rick
Big Daddy Kane
Public Enemy

Can
Sonic Youth
King Crimson
Clayton Counts
Garo

Blind Lemon Jefferson
Blind Blake
Blind Willie McTell
Blind Boy Fuller
Rev. Gary Davis
Snooks Eaglin
Ray Charles
Howlin' Wolf
Muddy Waters
Stevie Wonder

Sounds Like: ...listening.



Our ambiguity is due to the fact that we don't play any particular "kind" of music. Thats just the truth. We feel about as fufilled playing one style of music as you do eating one style of food for the rest of your life. If thats not good enough for you then smoke the salmon. (and garnish with a bit of rosemary)

Warning: smaller songs may pose a choking hazard.

The Sound Conspiracy is:

Shannon Fortune_guitar/vocals/live electronics
Daniel Crane_Drums/Percussion

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Record Label: nO lAbEl

My Blog

Lyrics

BIG TOP!!!Lets go to the carnival to see what we could win. We could see the bearded lady and the man with no chinthe glass eating boy the breathers of firethe swallowers of swords entertain us when w...
Posted by on Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:03:00 GMT

NEW BAND-NEW NIGHT!

Where: Evil OliveWhen: Wednesday nightsTime: 10pm sharpLive electro-acoustic set by The Sound Conspiracy featuring:Shannon Fortune_ guitar-vocals & electronicsDaniel Crane_ Drums & PercussionT...
Posted by on Tue, 06 May 2008 23:40:00 GMT

Hosted Bar Anyone?

What:         & nbsp;  Simply Soul WednesdaysWhen:            Wednesday, May 25thWhere:        ...
Posted by on Tue, 13 May 2008 19:30:00 GMT

MATH

One guitar One machine One deck One voice One man_________equals 5HANNON vs THE 5TRANGER April, 18 2008 @ The Note TANYA MORGAN  http://www.tanyamorgan.com RASHID HADEE    neblina...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:47:00 GMT

How To Toilet Train A Cat

  The following was written by pianist, composer, bandleader and poet Charles Mingus. 1First, you must train your cat to use a home-made cardboard litter box, if you have not already done ...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Dec 2005 16:34:00 GMT

Real Life Zombies?

Ive been reading a book called Serpent and the Rainbow. It was written by a Harvard educated ethnobotanist named Wade Davis who went to Haiti in order to examine a bizzare phenomena known as "zombifi...
Posted by on Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:05:00 GMT

The Greatest Of All Time

Things wont be the same without Richard Pryor. My uncles played his LP's countless times when I was a kid. These were the records that only my uncles would allow mwe to hear. Of course at the age of&n...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Dec 2005 16:03:00 GMT